M a r k D i l l e y

I imagine that many of our other readers have noticed that it has all been downhill for Greenday since welcome to paradise, but how is it that their most overtly political album ever seems less relevant than ever? Even NOFX -- not necessarily the most political punk band out there (understatement) -- beat them to the punch with their latest album War on Errorism. But that's enough ranting about west-coast pop-punk for one day...

What is more important is the news from RHD ally Mark Dilley (witness his miracles here), who sent me a link this afternoon to THIS post, concerning a recent audio-video mashup of Greenday's American Idiot, which was immediately squashed by the abominable Warner Brothers.

But fans of recombinance (and freedom of information) have not missed the pattern: connecting this recent crushing of creativity with Dangermouse's by-now-legendary Grey Album, there is talk in the air of holding a day of civil disobedience, where websters (what the French ingeniously call "internauts") post the mashup for download, in defiance of Warner Brothers. Launch those P2P programs, and see what you can find!